The Osceola times., 1887-05-14

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wEsr-BouSD emigrant train on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad was derailed
by broken fange, q few miles from
Frederick, Md, on the 4th. Five cars
were badly wrecked and eight or ten of
the passengers were slightly injured
Travel was delayed for several hours.
THs Willard Hotel, at Brainard, MINI.
was discovered on ere on the morning Of
the 4th, and it was quickly burned TO the
ground. The guests barely escaped with
their lives. The hotel aud contents were
totally destroyed, II was ownei by c. c.
and r. Kirdred and the First National
Bank. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000
J. W. BoUGHIoS & Co.'s Wood Carpet
factory and Thomas Days Iron foundry,
at Philadelphia, were burned on the night
Of the 4ih. Loss. 100000; partially in
sured Five firemen were carried down
by falling walls and injured, but no. IA
tally.
FIvr millicuaires, engaged 10 the oil In
dsstry, are on triai at Buffalo n. y, as
common conspIrators
THf sour rili, saw mill. planning mill
and elevators OF Mills & Houston, at Elk
River Mnu., were burned on the ght OF
SHoKrht after dark, on the 4th, the resi-
dcnce Of Jacob Wagner, near Ticnesta,
Pa, was robbed by FIVE men. Mrs. wag.
oner was in the house at the time, and
was forced TO tell where the money was
The father and son came to Mrs. Wag-
oner's assistance, and in the skirmish
which ensued one of the robbers was shot
in the neck. killing him instantly.
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Gently shot at Tahlequah, l. T., has died
of his injuries.
JonS J. CoRNRLisoS, who cowhided
Judge Reid, OF Kentucky, driving him to
suicide, has been released from the Louis
Vile Jail, on writ OF habeas rorpus,
issued in contemr, 81 the Court of Ap-
pcalsA
AT Hubbard, O., on the 9th. Uriffth
Phillips was caught in some machinery in
motion and literally ground to pieces, his
head being severed from his body.
THE fertilizer works of NJ Dorsey at
Highlandt town, Nd, were destroyed by
fire shortly before one o'clock on the
morning OF the 9th. Loss siO06or; insar-
ance, $50 zoe
A fRIonr,Uh conf a agr alton prevailed at
Eperies, Hungary, on the 9th, destroying
one hundred houses and injuring several
persons. The pecuniary loss is very
great.
JUDGE BLopaErr, OF Chicago, sentenced
Colonel Bolton 10 two years in the peni-
tentiary on the 5th for cmbezzling funds
from the post office while in charge of
second class mail matter. Bottoms wife
was in court. A number Of prominent
lawyers were present
JOHN RoDGERs was hanged at Eureka,
Cal, on the 9th for the murder OF Judge
John II. kimball, May 2s OF last year. At
midnight OF that date Judge Kimball dis
covered Rogers in his house aud attempt
cd TO arrest Nm. In the struggle which
ensued ne was shot dead.
JAMES SMITHS -four mill, at Ingersoll,
Ont, with 5000 or 1000 bushels of wheat
and large quantity OF -four, was burned
on the night of the 9Th. Loss, s200, 900 with
small insurance. The origin of the fire is
unknown, but 1t is believed to have been
incendarism, as the mill had not been
running for a week.
THE Maharajah Of Jadhpore, India, lost
Jewels valued at $500, 900 by the loss Of the
steamer Tasmania on the island Of Cor
sica last month, and has filed claim
against the company for that amount
Divers have been set at work TO search
for the treasures and also to recover the
cargo
POLICEMAN MORRIS COLBERT has been
locked up in New York on charge
OF running lottery agency and policy
shop
ThE mystery surrounding the shoot
! ing Of Mrs. Tarbell near Elkhorn, Wis
has been cleared up by the confession Of
her husband to having committed the
crime.
| PAUL GRoTTKAu, the Milwaukee An
archist, was sentenced on the 9TH to one
year at hard labor In the house Of correc
tion tor melting riots.
The lumber yard of Abraham Steers, il
the Harlem district, New York, wa,
burned on the night Of the 9TH, and stool
valued at about 10000 was destroyed
insurance, $4,000.
L. OLIVER, OF Beardsley, H., jumped
from west-bound passenger train on tn,
Burlington road from Kansas City t,
Denver on the 1th, at Iowa Point, and wa
drowned in the Missouri.
THE fire at Macy Kalory, Austro. Hun
gary, was caused by terrible storm o
wind, which carried sparks to a distan
woodward and set fire TO it. Altogether
four hundred houses were destroyed, AM
5000 people, deprived of homes, are camp
ing in the open air.
WILLIAM SLAUGHTER, leading live
stock man Of New Mexico, was assassin
ated near Socorro, on the 9TH.
A NOT sirocco blew the whole Of las
week throughout Hungary, parchini
vegetation and rendering it imflammable
AT Toroczko three hundred houses were
burned and four lives were lost. The con
flagration lasted two days. AT Ruskburi
q church and thirty-seven houses were de
stroyed. Many houses were burned at th'
village Of Mereygo, At Esperics all tn
churches and public buildings were de
stroyed and the cemetery was devastated
1t is estimated that the total losses vii
exceed s!,5O0, 900. All the Hung garian anC
many Austrian insurance houses are in
volved.